Security Consultant - (Bridge International Academies)-Job in Nairobi Kenya

Brief Description

The Security Consultant will be responsible for develop security risk strategies, policies and procedures that will enable the organization effectively manage all elements of security and ensure that there are efficient systems to safeguard Company assets and resources, including physical security and safety of personnel, security of material and information, visitors as well as the coordination of security functions to minimize potential security

Position: Security Consultant

Location: Nairobi

About Bridge International Academies

Bridge International Academies was conceived in 2007 out of the belief that giving every child access to a high quality education would have the greatest impact on reducing poverty worldwide.

With that guiding insight, Bridge International developed a strategy that would enable it to launch a large-scale network of high-quality, ultra low-cost, for-profit primary schools. Operating a network of schools supported by a strong central headquarters gives Bridge International the scale, experience, and capacity to invest in systems of management, support, training, and innovation that allows individual schools to dramatically increase their effectiveness.

Using this model, Bridge International is able to profitably deliver high-quality education for $4 per child per month. This ensures that its academies will continue to successfully serve its communities as long as parents value the educational service provided.

The first Bridge International Academy launched successfully in Kenya in 2009 and 60 academies will be operating in Kenya in January 2012. Through rapid and strategic expansion, Bridge International will provide a quality education to over a million students in the coming years.

About this position:

The Security Consultant will be responsible for develop security risk strategies, policies and procedures that will enable the organization effectively manage all elements of security and ensure that there are efficient systems to safeguard Company assets and resources, including physical security and safety of personnel, security of material and information, visitors as well as the coordination of security functions to minimize potential security breaches.

Responsibilities (Functions and duties):

• Writing a Security Plan
• Advising the management on the security requirements of the company
• Developing sound security strategies, policies and procedures
• Conducting a site survey and advising the management on how to direct and control security operations within and around the company premises.
• Conducting a threat and vulnerability assessment in order to identify security risks and evaluate alternative ways of addressing them
• Conducting a security audit and improving the security surveillance, detection and prevention of crime in liaison with the police and other security agencies
• Working closely with the out-sourced security service provider to ensure effective security for the company.
• Providing direction on the effective deployment and utilization of security staff/guards and equipment
• Providing direction on the preparation and management of the security budget
• Maintaining company security awareness through training and frequent evacuation drills
• Preparing and managing a crisis management team
• Providing direction on Risk Management
• Providing Travel Security Training
• Providing directions on Hostage Avoidance
• Writing an Evacuation Plan
• Setting mechanisms, guidelines and procedures for investigations involving Bridge property and staff
• Ensuring proper documentation and follow up for all cases and incidences referred to the security desk
• Coordinating with appropriate law enforcement agencies to identify and facilitate investigative actions
• Providing guidance on incident and internal investigations management and act as liaison officer with all other interested parties both internal and external including the police, regulators and auditors.
• Involve police, property managers and other agencies and manage the interactions with them to pursue pending and any new cases to a conclusion
• Review all incident reports and recommend actions required while following up on security aspects in the incident reports
• Liaise with the company lawyers on any matters that require investigations before or during litigation
• Assist lands department in investigating any matters related to land procurement
• Provide monthly investigation reports for senior management discussions
• Manage effectively all other aspects of investigations for the company

Role Reports:

• Monthly Security reports
• Daily Incidence reports
• Investigation Reports
• Security Work Plan
• Security Assessment Reports
• Security Audit Reports
• Security Financial Performance Reports

Experience:

• 5 years as a Senior Manager in Security Management
• 3 years Commercial Security Consultancy Experience

Qualifications:

• A degree in Business, Criminology or related field
• A Masters degree in a related field would be an added advantage
• Training in Security Management
• Security Consultancy Qualification
• Commercial Security Consultancy Experience

Specialist knowledge required:

• Knowledge of Kenyan laws, government regulations and guidelines pertaining to emergency and security
• Possess thorough knowledge of advanced access control and camera systems
• Able to analyze statistical data and reports to identify and determine how to make premises and grounds more safe and secure

Behavioural competencies:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strategic Thinking
• Ability to communicate complex ideas concisely
• Active listening
• Presentation skills
• Problem solving/decision making
• Planning and organizing skills
• Information gathering skills
• Analytical and interpretation skills
• Decision making and judgement skills
• People management skills
• Ability to be adaptable and flexible

In order to be considered for this position all candidates must register and upload their CV’s on our website atwww.bridgeinternationalacademies.com

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted 

Data Quality Control Officer-(Bridge International Academies)- Job Vacancy in Kenya

Position Title: Data Quality Control Officer

About Bridge International Academies

Bridge International Academies is a startup revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model. The company has launched a large-scale network of ultra low-cost for-profit private primary schools across Africa.

With 26 schools operational, the company is already the largest chain of private primary schools on the Continent. Our schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month.

In the last twenty-four months, we have grown from 1 to 26 schools, 10 to over 200 employees, proven the model and built out the systems to pave the way for aggressive expansion.

The company plans to build the world’s largest private school system and scale to serve more than 1 million families across Africa and beyond.

About this Position

The Data Quality Control Officer supports the file management system by performing data quality checks to ensure accuracy of items and data.

The individual will report to the Research Project Manager and will carry out quality control duties relating to all data collected in the research department including development of QC systems, enforcing protocol compliance, and troubleshooting and report writing.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of quality management in research data
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work well as a member of a team and able to collaborate well with counterparts.
• Able to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to do problem analysis and recommend solutions for the same
• Knowledge and experience in analysis of research data using excel and other statistical software
• Perform Quality Control and generate reports routinely.
• Review the completed paper forms to ensure that they have been filled accurately and in compliance with the relevant protocols
• Evaluate the field sampling of respondents by loading the house hold GPS points to the Global Mapper and reviewing them.
• Develop and ensure implementation of data QC protocol.
• Implement a data quality monitoring system which includes ensuring consistency of the entered data and what is recorded on the paper forms.
• Review the analysis sheet in order to confirm that it accurately reflects the entered data.
• Write weekly data quality reports identifying quality problems in both the paper forms and entered data and suggesting ways to improve on data quality.
• Liaises with the research associates to identify problems with data collection and suggest procedures to minimize data collection errors and to ensure high quality data collection by assisting in establishment and maintenance of quality control systems.
• Review the data QC systems from time to time in order to align them with the current requirements of the research department.
• Perform any other duties as may be required in the department.
• Certifies the quality of data before final analysis and report writing can be done.

About You

• Bachelors Degree in Geomatic Engineering, Statistics or Mathematics.
• Possess two years experience of working with Management Information Systems to include data input, retrieval and spatial data analysis.
• Knowledge and experience in handling GIS Software
• Excellent report writing skills
• Demonstrate a commitment to achieving the highest possible standards and establish a culture of continuous improvement

You can apply and view detailed job requisitions on the Careers page at www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com